HigherEd 2.0

And the winners are…

Best Picture: The Brooklyn Bridge. This is a really good one, I especially like the history and the truly tragic story of the bridge’s designer. Excellent use of music and overall a really great effort.
Best Screenplay: Empire State Building. Another really good one, lots of […]

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All 17 entries in our little contest are listed below. The rules are simple:

Each group will evaluate 5 other groups according to this scheme. Group i will evaluate groups (i+1) through (i+5). For instance, Group 1 will evaluate Groups 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Group 2 will evaluate Groups […]

 Group 1. Custom Pyramids: Download
 Group 2. Delta Works: Download
 Group 3. Machu Piccu: Download
 Group 4. Channel Tunnel: Download
 Group 5. Brooklyn Bridge: Download
 Group 6. World's Tallest Structures: Download
 Group 7. Golden Gate Bridge: Download
 Group 8. Bering Strait: Download
 Group 9. Prefab Bridges: Download
 Group 10. Ozone Layer: Download
 Group 11. Ski Dubai: Download
 Group 12. Empire State Building: Download
 Group 13. Panama Canal: Download
 Group 14. Langeled Pipeline: Download
 Group 15. Water Scarcity: Download
 Group 16. Roman Aqueducts: Download
 Group 17. Hong Kong Airport: Download

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We will have a few brief GarageBand training sessions in the DML in the coming days. But I also recorded another video which starts the process from scratch and shows you the salient features of GarageBand. In the video I show you how to create a new podcast project, drop images into the […]

 

 GarageBand demo, from scratch: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Test podcast created in the video above, about my car and my kid: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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I’ve gotten a few questions about specific details, so here goes:

No video. However, you can use an image sequence if you like. For instance, the opening satellite image part of my podcast on The Palm is actually an image sequence of like 75 images each appearing for 1/10 of a second. […]

 

 GarageBand demo: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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In the original post about the project, I had some advice about how to actually construct your podcast–what technologies and software you might use, and what guidelines you should follow, etc. Well, here’s a little more information.

Unless you have significant experience using specific software, you can’t beat GarageBand for ease of use. […]

 

 Movie: using Google Notebook: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Here’s what I know right now…and there are some good ones.
UPDATED: 11/2, 2.24 pm

Group 1: Ancient Pyramids
Group 2: Netherlands North Sea Protection
Group 3: Maccu Picchu
Group 4: Channel Tunnel
Group 5: Brooklyn Bridge
Group 6: Symbolic Importance of “World’s Tallest” Structures
Group 7: Golden Gate Bridge
Group 8: Bering Strait Bridge
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You have all been eagerly awaiting the project information for the course…so here it is: the podcast contest! I know, it’s the middle of the semester and you feel like you are on a treadmill–get up, go to class, go home, do homework, go to bed, get up…(yeah, I’ve used that joke before). […]

 

 Example: The Palm (Sept. 2006): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Friend of the program Brevy Cannon is at it again, with this article in the new SEAS alumni publication. Brevy worked with Josie Loyd from SEAS HQ to get this article out in the twice-a-year alumni publication. The photos were taken earlier this semester in our class (remember that day?). Looks like […]

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Our friend Brevy Cannon, after considerable effort, has sent along the video of the NBC29 newscast from December. Many thanks to Brevy for his help with this. If you haven’t seen it before, have a look–the focus is exactly where it should be. Student achievement and excellence are presented very well. […]

 

 NBC 29 news story on the podcast contest: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Yet another small article about our little contest has appeared, this one in the E-News for January 2007. This is a repackaging of the article originally written by Brevy Cannon, and it gets the word out to an even broader audience. There is a rumor that one of the podcasts from the ENGR […]

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